Wheelbarrow hopper



H. TYSON WHEELBARROW HOPPER Nov. 10, 1931.

' Filed June 16, 1930 Tia- Z I Patented Nov. 10, 1931 HARRISON TYSON, or HUN'rsvILLE, orrro WHEELBARROW HOPPER:

Application filed June 16, 1930. Serial No. 461,570.

a This invention relates to wheel barrows and has for an object to provide a wheel barrow hopper havin an adjustable wall for varying the cubic oot capacity of the wheel barrow. i

A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel barrow hopper having a vertical wall which is adjustable longitudinally of the hopper and which is reinforced at the sides and bottom to resist dislodgment from adjusted position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a wheel barrow hopper which is open at the rear end and is provided with a transverse wall adapted to form a closure for the rear end when desired, there being a transverse brace connecting the side walls of the hopper at the rear end thereof and forming a stop for limiting rearward movement of said transverse wall.

A still further object of the invention is to rovide a wheel barrow hopper having a orwardly inclined front wall which coopcrates with the transverse adjustable wall in 7 providing means for varying the fractional cubic foot capacity of the hopper.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable means for adjustably mounting the transverse wall in the hopper, said means comprising a guide rail carried by the bottom of the hopper and an eye carried by the slide wall and encircling the guide rail, said eye having a set screw which bears against the guide rail to lock the movable wall in various adjusted positions.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 7

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View through a wheelbarrow hopper constructed in accordance with my invention, the under structure of the wheel barrowbeing shown by dotted lines,

Figure 2 is a plan view of my improved hopper, and Figure 3 is a cross sectional view takenon the line 33 of Figure 1-. V

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of referen ce'designate similar parts in the various views, 10 designates in general the under structure'of a wheel barrow incl 11 designates my improved hopper thereon The hopper is preferably formed of sheet metaland comprisesou-twardly sloping side] walls '12, a 'bottom-13, and a "forwardly incline'dfr'ont walllt; Therear endof the hopper is-preferably open. In the present embodiment of 'the invention the meeting edges of thewallsand bottom of the hopperare riveted togetheras shown at 15. ,Preferably asingle metalstrap brace 16 is riveted as shown at 17 to the side walls and front wall of the hopper and the ends 18 of the strap brace are carriedacross the open rear end of the hopper andriveted together, as shown at on I 19, to "form a 'stop for limiting rearward movement of the sliding wall 20,which will now be described. I i a The sliding wall is preferably formed of sheet metal and the top, sides and bottom edges are bent horizontally and rearwardly to form flanges 21 22and 23 respectively, 'as best shown" in Figure 1. These'fianges stifi'enthe wall to resist distortion. V

To prevent dislodgment of the sliding transverse wall, by now referring to Figure 3, it will be seen that a pair of straps 24 are rivet-ed as shown'at 25 to the lateral flanges of said walland project above the top edge-of the hopper. -The straps are provided with downwardly extending hooks 26 which engage underneath the strap-brace 16', the'hooks preferably being riveted as shown at 27 to' the straps. These hooks perform the function of guides todi'rect'th'e sliding movement of the wall 20 and also prevent the wall being dislodged rearwardly when under load.

For securingthe Wall 20 in variousadjusted positionslongitudinally of the hopper, 'a

guide rail'28 is riveted, as shown at 29, to the bottom of the hopper and extends preferably along the center line of said bottom, as best shown in Figure 2. An eye 30 encircles the guide rail and is provided with an integral bracket 31 which is riveted to the wall 20, as shown at 32. The eye is provided with a set screw 33 which bears against the guide rail and serves to hold the transverse wall in various adjusted positions in the hopper, such as for instance shown by full lines and also by dotted lines in Figure e r The cubic foot capacity of the hopper above described may be varied by adjusting the sliding transverse wall 20 longitudinally of the hopper. In practice, assuming that each nine inches longitudinally of the bottom of the hopper constitutes a cubic foot capacity, measuring from the juncture of the inclined front wall rearwardly, a fractional cubic foot capacity may be attained by virtueofthe angle of inclination of said front wall since when the'a'djustable vertical wall is disposed in the hopper at the juncture of said inclined front wall with the bottom of the hopper, the volumetric content of the space between said inclined front wall, the side walls, and said ver- 1. A measuring wheelbarrow including a hopper, a slidable transverse wall therein, a longitudinal guide rail centered between the side'sof the hopper and secured to the bottom of said hopper and passing through said'wall at the bottom, a guide eyecarried by said wall and encircling said rail, a set screw carried by said eye bearing against said guide rail, and guides disposed at the upper corners of the wall slidably engaged over the top edges of the side walls of the hopper. 1

2. A measuring wheel barrow including a hopper having an inclined front Wall, a transverse vertical, wall in the hopper movable toward and away'from said front wall, a longitudinal guide rail carried by the hopper and passing through the center of said transverse wall near the bottom edge thereof, means carried by said transverse wall for securing said wall in adjusted positions on said guide rail and guides at the upper corners;

a hopper having an open rear end, a transverse brace connecting the. side walls of the,

hopper at said rear end and forming a stop, a sliding transverse wall formlng a closure for sald rear end and limited in rearward movement by said brace, means for securing 1 said transverse wall in adjusted positions longitudinally of said hopper, and guides secured to the transverse wall and engaging over the outer faces of thesides of the hopper to prevent dislodgment of the wall.

at. A' measuring wheel barrow including 'a hopper, a transverse wall therein having bottom of said hopper and extending through said transverse wall, an eye carried;

by said transverse wall and encircling said rail, and a set screw carried by said eye and bearing against said rail.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRISON TYSON [L. s] 

